When the lights stayed on

I can probably laugh at it all now, but at the time that it happened I was probably not in a mood to laugh. In fact, I was just a wee bit scared. You see, as I am no longer able to see the lights in my condo; I take very great care to ensure that they are off before I go to bed. I still turn on the lights every day, despite not being able to really see them, and I turn them off before going to bed. I guess that you can say that old habits die hard.

On this particular night, I missed turning off the kitchen light and lo and behold! At 11:00 p.m. I heard my kitchen clock chiming. At first, I was a bit confused as I thought that I had overslept in a big way, but soon enough I realized what had happened. My kitchen clock chimes
whenever the kitchen light is on and accordingly, this is what happened. The kitchen light was on so the clock chimed.

I was out of bed in a flash and raced to my kitchen to turn off the light. Ah, yes! My exercise for that night.

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